Title
The Six Dimensions Of Standards: Contribution Towards A Theory Of Standardization
Author
Elaine Baskin, Communications Standards Review, Ken Krechmer, Communications Standards Review, and M. H. Sherif, AT&T Labs
Date
1/01/2005
(Original Publish Date: 2/20/1998)
(Original Publish Date: 2/20/1998)
Abstract
This paper offers the beginnings of a framework for standards so that standards development organizations, commercial organizations, and individuals can more clearly plan their standard strategy. First, we review the different approaches to multimedia communications to understand how this could affect standardization. Then we identify the range of stakeholders from standards creators to standards seekers. We then present the framework for standardization in terms of answers to six questions: Why? What? When? Which? How? and Where?